10:08     CHINA SPECIAL STEEL HOLDINGS COMPANY LIMITED<02889>-Ann. (4)        

    Any participant of the Stock Exchange                                     
                                                                              
    or                                                                        
                                                                              
    Cazenove Asia Limited                                                     
    Suite 5001, One Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place, Central, Hong         
    Kong                                                                      
                                                                              
    Chinatrust Securities (Hong Kong) Ltd.                                    
    Suite 2809, 28/F, Two International Finance Centre, 8 Finance             
    Street, Central, Hong Kong                                                
                                                                              
    Macquarie Securities Limited                                              
    19/F., CITIC Tower, 1 Tim Mei Avenue, Central, Hong Kong                  
                                                                              
    Nomura International (Hong Kong) Limited                                  
    30/F., Two International Finance Centre, 8 Finance Street, Central,       
    Hong Kong                                                                 
                                                                              
    First Shanghai Capital Ltd.                                               
    19/F., Wing On House, 71 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong                
                                                                              
    or any of the following branches of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong         
    Kong) Limited:                                                            
                                                                              
    Hong Kong Island:                                                         
                                                                              
    88 Des Voeux Road Branch                                                  
    88 Des Voeux Road Central                                                 
                                                                              
    Des Voeux Road Branch                                                     
    Standard Chartered Bank Bldg, 4--4A Des Voeux Road, Central               
                                                                              
    Central Branch                                                            
    Shop no. 16, G/F & LG/F, New World Tower, 16--18 Queen's Road Central     
                                                                              
    Leighton Centre Branch                                                    
    Shop 12--16, Upper Ground Floor, Leighton Centre, 77 Leighton Road        
                                                                              
    Hennessy Road Branch                                                      
    399 Hennessy Road, Wanchai                                                
                                                                              
    Taikoo Place Branch                                                       
    G/F, 969 King's Road, Quarry Bay                                          
                                                                              
    Kowloon:                                                                  
    Mongkok Bank Centre Branch                                                
                                                                              
    Bank Centre, 630--636 Nathan Road Mongkok                                 
                                                                              
    Tsim Sha Tsui Branch                                                      
    10 Granville Road, Tsimshatsui                                            
                                                                              
    Kwun Tong Branch                                                          
    88--90 Fu Yan Street, Kwun Tong                                           
                                                                              
    Cheung Sha Wan Branch                                                     
    828 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Cheung Sha Wan                                   
                                                                              
    New Territories:                                                          
                                                                              
    Tsuen Wan Branch                                                          
    Shop C, G/F & 1/F, Jade Plaza, No. 298 Sha Tsui Road, Tsuen Wan,          
    New Territories                                                           
                                                                              
    Completed WHITE and YELLOW application forms to which cheques or          
    banker's cashier orders made payable to ``Horsford Nominees Limited       
    --- China Special Steel Public Offer'' should be securely stapled,        
    should be deposited in the special collection boxes provided at any       
    one of the branches of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited        
    stated above on the following dates during the following times:           
                                                                              
    Monday, 9 May 2005 --- 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.                             
    Tuesday, 10 May 2005 --- 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.                           
    Wednesday, 11 May 2005 --- 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.                         
    Thursday, 12 May 2005 --- 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon                         
                                                                              
    The application lists will be opened from 11:45 a.m. to 12:00 noon        
    on Thursday, 12 May, 2005, except as provided in the sub-paragraph        
    headed ``Effect of bad weather on the opening of the application          
    lists'' in the section headed ``How to apply for the Public Offer         
    Shares'' in the Prospectus.